Worker Gets Reduced Award on Retaliatory Discharge Claim

A federal appellate court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to damages for wrongful termination in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim, but the award had to be reduced to account for the period in which he was an unauthorized alien employee. Case: Torres v. Precision Industries Inc., No. 20-5492, 04/22/2021, published. Facts: Ricardo Torres worked for Precision Industries Inc. from January 2011 until he was fired in September 2012. He was not legally authorized to work in the United States during this period and had used a fake Social Security number ...